My Mennonite Ancestors Evicted from their Homes in Russia – Makes Me Angry! In 1965, during a time of deep divisiveness and wounding in this country, Hal David wrote the lyrics to Burt Bacharach’s seminal song: “What the world needs now is love, sweet love It’s the…
I can’t really do anything other than be here — now This pandemic has at least temporarily ripped apart any illusions of permanence. But I find myself already trying to identify and claim the quasi-permanence of the next ‘new normal.’ Normal is that…
My grandson and I before the pandemic I am busier than I’ve ever been: Blogging, preparing for podcast interviews, interviewing, being interviewed myself, and writing the first draft of our biographical novel – with time squeezed in for exercise and…
The question “Are conflicts damaging my intimate relationship?” is very meaningful to me. I’ve known both extremes — a relationship that was almost entirely conflict-free, and one with quite a bit more conflict than usual. Quite a while ago, I published a story “Is a…
I am pleased to bring you the thinking of today’s guests, CrisMarie Campbell and Susan Clarke. Partners in work and in life for over two decades, they’ve adapted their proven step-by-step process, which they honed while working with numerous Fortune 100 companies,…